Meet me Halfway (Slymau)

Chapter 11- A Deal with the Void

Shelby's POV

My eyes snap around wildly as I try to locate the familiar chuckle. It was almost like it was moving directions whenever I turned my head. I'd look one way, and the chuckling would be behind me, and when I look behind me, it's now in the direction I was just facing. It's starting to get on my nerves, and I can't keep my cool at this point.

"Where are you Void Shelby!?" I shout, looking around. Yeah, you heard that right. I have my own dark version. I didn't create her; it was Loki who did. Jess used to have a dark version, but Void Jezebel was killed defending Void Shelby.

"Wouldn't you like to know" she giggles in this distorted voice.

I narrow my eyebrows, "Show yourself coward!" I demand. I had stopped Fay from moving at this point and jumped off her. I put a protection bubble around Jess, so she won't fall off Fay's back.

Void Shelby has the power to create illusions, she can teleport at speeds approaching the speed of light, she can manipulate somebody, read minds. You get the idea, right?

She's the opposite of me. Even though we look almost exactly alike, except for Void Shelby's solid black eyes that leak some strange black liquid, we're very different.

"I'm not in the mood for this right now!" I shout, summoning my staff.

She scoffs from wherever she is before teleporting directly in front of me, causing me to stumble back and hit the ground from surprise, since she was right in my face. Those black eyes haunt my nightmares, so seeing them so up close doesn't help me.

She smirks, opening her mouth to speak, her vampire teeth shining in the late sunlight. "Hello Shelby, it's nice to see your face again" she smirks.

I scoff, "Yeah right. What do you want? I don't have much time!" I say, standing up and pointing my staff at her.

"Not so hasty now Shelby, we both know you couldn't hurt me if you tried" she smirks, pushing my staff down.

Last time I fought her I couldn't land a single hit on her.

I growl and put my staff to her face. "What. Do. You. Want" I demand, my yellow eyes filled with annoyance.

She rolls her eyes playfully, "I'm here to make a deal" she tells me, folding her arms. I raise an eyebrow.

"A deal?" I ask, tightening my grip on the staff handle.

She nods, "Yes, a deal. I want to fuse with you" she tells me.

I narrow my eyes again, "And what do I get out of this if I were to agree?" I question. She's up to something, I know it.

"I'll help you get Jezebel back to The Few, but in return, I want you to help me" she smirks.

I tense, "W-What with?" I question.

"Let me share your body. I won't do anything to hurt you, or Jezebel. We could be an unstoppable force Shelby" she says, wiping her mouth which was spilling some of the dark liquid.

I internally cringe. I can't trust that she'll try to overtake my body entirely, and plus, she's my dark side. She was created to kill me.

"And, if I help you get Jezebel to safety, you have to help me bring Void Jezebel back to life" she says.

I lower my staff. I don't like where this is going, not one bit.

I watch as her dark red hair falls over one eye, and then she moves it back. Unlike me, she likes to keep her hair away from her eyes, whereas I like to keep my hair close to my eyes. I don't know why.